Meaning of needle girl | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Of course he finds the fabric, but even then he wrings a profit which any honest man would be ashamed to extort from the labour of the needle girl.”

“What a child must I be, that the flimsy used up jargon which captivated the milliner should have⟳ disturbed my good sense⟳! Yet, the hypocrite spoke of marriage ! I required a nicer temptation than the needle girl— -I was beyond the fascinations of a cheap, tea-garden courtship!”

“A girl, tho' she's poor, she must live⟳. The poor needle girl, God defend⟳ her! With feelings as keen and as tender As your proud city ladies remember⟳ — Mr. Bull, can you wonder⟳ at crime?”

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